This is one fish that definitely belonged in Jurassic mark – bite mark, that is. A 150-million-year old Piranha-like fish has been discovered, capable of ripping the flesh off the bones of its ...

Science; Rare animals; Terrifying piranha-like creature that lived 150 million years ago used fanged teeth to tear fins off other fish Scientists from James Cook University have discovered a the ...

A 150-million-year-old fossil fish, newly named Piranhamesodon pinnatomus, which loosely translates to "piranha-like fin-cutter." Credit: M. Ebert, Jura Museum For hundreds of millions of years ...

Piranhamesodon pinnatomus lived around 150 million years ago—alongside the dinosaurs—and it survived by feeding on other fish, tearing chunks of flesh and fin from their bodies with their tiny ...

But by the time they realized the danger — CHOMP! — the sneaky creature would have bitten off one of their fins. With Piranha-Like Teeth, This Prehistoric Predator Never Bit Off More Than It ...

Newly Discovered Jurassic Piranha Likely Nibbled Fish Fins. Bony ray-finned fish with sharp teeth nibbled on other fish in the sea about 150 million years ago, according to researchers who say the ...

The Jurassic-era species found in southern Germany had jaws and teeth like a piranha and likely nipped off the fins of other fish . Jason Daley - Correspondent. October 19, 2018.

And in the same limestone deposits from South Germany, researchers found its victims, with damaged bodies and fins. This species of flesh-eating fish is considered the earliest known to do so.

It goes without saying that you could find some pretty dangerous animals if you were to travel back in time tens of millions of years ago, but not all of the creatures that lurked in prehistoric ...